The sun., 1887-06-02
THE RIGHTS OF SETTLERS.
Railroad Indemnity Lands to be Opened for Set
tlement-Order Issued to tho Land Grant
Railroads

Railroad Indemnity Lands to be Opened for Set
tlement-Order Issued to tho Land Grant
Railroads.
The secretary OF the interior has issued
q rule upon land grant railroads to show
cause why the order OF withdrawal from
settlemerkof lands within their indemnity
limit should not be revoked and the
same opened to settlement entry. lie says:
1t appearing from the records OF this de-
partment that orders withdrawing lands
from settlement under the public land laws
within the indemnity limits OF the follow
! ing list OF land grant railroads are still ex.
listing, and that THESE several roads nave
either made selection to all lands to
which they are respectively entitled or selec-
ted all liable to such selection in lieu OF
| those lots in place within the limits OF their
respective grants, viz. The list is very long.
but the following are these in which tho
| people OF this section are III ost Immediately
interested. Cedar Rapids & Missouri Riv-
er, Dubuque & Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee
& ST. Paul in Iowa: Southern Minnesota,
st. Paul & Sioux City, Winona Il ST. Peter,
st. Paul, Minneapolis e Manitoba main
line, Brainerd branch, Hastings & Dakota.
Lake Superior 4 Mississippi, Minnes otaCen-
trail, Northern Pacific, st. Vincent extern
sion, in Minnesota; Chicago & Northwest
ern, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
| Omaha, Minnesota Farm Mortgage, North
| ern Pacific, in Wisconsin; Northern Pacific
in Dakota; Northern Pacific, main line,
kalama to Tenino, Tenino to Tacoma,
| Walulla to Spokane Falls. Spokane Falls
| to Pend d'Oreille, Pend d'Orelle to Mon
| tana, Yakima to Ainsworth, Ainsworth
| to Salank Creek, Tacoma east 23
miles, 25 to 80 east and it now
appearing from said records that there is
not sufficient reasons for longer continuing
| in force said several orders withdrawal,
now a rule is hereby entered on several
land grant railroad companies to show
cause on or before June 80, 1887, why said
orders OF withdrawal from settlement of
| lands within the indemnity limits OF their
| roads should not be revoked, and the
lands therein embraced lest tored to settle
| ment. Returnable before the secretary OF
| the interior June 81, 1887, at 10 o'clock
| q. IN.
A rule similar in all respects save as to
| the date upon which returnable-June 2S,
| 1887, has been issued by the secretary to
| those roads which have not informed the
| interior department to what extent they
| are entitled to lands within their indemni-
| ty limits by reason OF those lost in place OF
| their respective grants. The following are
| under this rule:
In Montana, Northern Pacitic in Idaho
Northern Pacific; in Oregon, Northern Pa
cific, Oregon & California.
WHAT MIR. LAMAR SAYS:
| Secretary Lamar is thus quoted:
| My letter to the president as to certain in
demnity Withdrawals is only the first step
towards a revocation of all indemnity
Withdrawals remaining in all parts OF the
country. l am fully convinced that all
| the lands which have been withdrawn
| from settlement at various times to al
| low the land grant corporations to select
indemnity lands from ought to be reopen
ed without delay for settlement, and this
| is what l shall do. Every indemnity
| withdrawal will be revoked by
me without unnecessary delay. My
| first order on the subject SIM
ply clears the ground for the complete ac-
| ton on which have determined. 1 shall
revoke every indemnity withdrawal and
open all indemnity lands to settlers at
once. Within the granted limits the land
grant corporations have certain rights to
the exclusion OF the people. This is by
act of congress. Within the indemnity
limits the corporations have their rights
| of selection only in common with the peo-
| pie.
| INDIAN LANDS.
| The numerous leases OF Indian lands by
| cattemen l shall sweep away. If they
| were allowed to subsist, the Indians who
| have made leases OF this kind, for which
there is no authority OF law, would be in.
duced to resist the law OF congress COM
manding their settlement in severalty. 1
shall, therefore, give proper notice
presently that the cattle must be
removed and the leases annulled. II we
have been obliged to use troops to keep
settlers out OF Indian lands, or lands held
by agreement for Indians, then we may
surely use troops if necessary to driveoff
and keep off cattle just as l have found it
necessary lately to employ troops to tear
not fond OF the use OF troops, but when
the cattle lease men will not obey in good
faith, l shall not hesitate to compel
prompt obedience. The law OF congress
| must be carried out.